Blue committed to play the rush end position, he confirmed with NJ.com. He was accompanied on his trip to campus by his parents and was hosted by freshman defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph.

"I loved it," said Blue. "I went there Friday and from the moment I stepped in campus, it was amazing. I loved everything about it. I got along with all the coaches and the current players there. It was great."

Blue's father, Sam Sr., said he knew Rutgers was the school for his son when defensive line coach Jim Panagos stopped by for an in-house visit last week.

"Coach Panagos was the one to come to the house. And that right there sold us on Rutgers already. We knew right then that Sam would de-commit and go to Rutgers. He went by and saw Sam at school, but we did even know it. We found out just recently that he visited twice, but the one time he didn't say anything to Sam. He just watched him at basketball practice.

"And then when he came to our home, my wife did some research on him and saw he was Greek. So she prepared some Greek food. And he stayed about four and a half hours and he was so down to earth. And he was definitely a coach that I feel if I'm not able to raise my son, he's somebody who I would have no issues with standing in."

While he also held preferred walk-on opportunities from Duke, UNC, Appalachian State, N.C. State, Georgia, Furman, and Georgia State.

Blue, an academic standout, also held academic scholarship offers from Cornell, Princeton and Brown.

He carries a 3.72 grade point average while carrying an AP/honors course load, and is a member of both the National Honor Society and National Achiever's Society.

Blue committed to Georgetown after an official visit to the school three weeks ago. But he reversed his pledge after taking in all there was to experience at Rutgers.

In 2013, the Cap-8 Defensive Player of the Year accumulated 118 tackles, 52 for a loss, 19 sacks, nine forced fumbles, five recoveries, an interception, four pass break-ups, a blocked a field goal and scored two defensive TDs.